Friday, 2 February 2018

Embossed canvas

Get out the UTEE (ultra thick embossing enamel), beeswax, encaustic wax, embossing powders or good old wax crayons and a heat tool and get melting to create something in a vintage; shabby; mixed media; art journalling; industrial, timeworn or steampunk style!

I took this 4 inch (previously used) canvas and applied some Grunge Paste to cover the previous contents and also to provide some texture. I applied various Dina Wakley paints to make my background and then added versamark and embossed with clear powder.

I repeated this and while the second layer was still warm sprinkled some purple and sparkly red embossing powder too. I didn't realise my purple wasn't really purple but went with it and continued adding embossed layers until I was happy with the result!

The edges and base star are embossed with Frantage (Aged Black).

Never easy to capture these effects on camera but hopefully you can some of the layers here!

14 comments:

A wonderful Melt It Project Nikki! LOVE the red background mixed with the black and white/purple bits - and that shiny layered star is glossy/beautiful! A great re-do of an older project! Thank you for joining in my challenge this month! Julia xx

I want to just stay here and keep looking at your gorgeous canvas Nikki, the red and purple background is stunning and I love how beautifully the star and circles (and the black edging) stand out - so much depth... this is so very inspiring!! Hugs, Anne xx

Gorgeous layers and colours Nikki and love the black Frantage! In the first picture I could have sworn that the star and circular designs on the edges were embedded in your canvas but see that they are actually on top, what a fabulous optical illusion! Thanks so much for sharing it, Deb xo

Wow, Nikki, you had quite a melt-down! I am loving this piece with glossy layers, and those stars MELT my heart! You did a fabulous job with this challenge theme, and like Anne, I could sit and stare at this for hours! Well done! Hugs!